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The simple cobler of Aggawam in America. : Willing to help 'mend his native country, lamentably tattered, both in the upper-leather and sole, with all the honest stitches he can take. And as willing never to bee paid for his work, by old English wonted pay. It is his trade to patch all the year long, gratis. Therefore I pray gentleman keep your purses.

by: Ward, Nathaniel, 1578-1652

Publication date: 1647

Topics: Freedom of religion -- Great Britain, Great Britain -- Church history -- 17th century, Great Britain -- Politics and government -- 1642-1649, Imprint 1647

Publisher: London, : Printed by J[ohn] D[ever] & R[obert] I[bbitson], for Stephen Bowtell, at the signe of the Bible in Popes Head-Alley,

Collection: JohnCarterBrownLibrary; americana

Contributor: John Carter Brown Library

Language: English

[6], 80, [2] pages ; 18 cm (4to)

Attributed to Nathaniel Ward by Wing

Five different issues were printed in London by John Dever & Robert Ibbitson, for Stephen Bowtell in the same year

At least parts of gatherings H, I, and K are in the same setting as Wing, W786 with imprint: London, printed by John Dever & Robert Ibbitson, for Stephen Bowtell, at the signe of the Bible in Popes Head-Alley, 1647

Church cites this issue as the first edition

Signatures: A-L⁴ (A1 blank, A2, L4 versos blank)

"Errata at non corrigenda": pages 75-80

Title printed within double rule border; head pieces; initials

Purchase; 03514